Jesse Whittock

EXCLUSIVE: Fox’s ad-supported streamer Tubi is getting a large shot in the arm in Canada. The service has acquired more than 600 movies and TV shows for its on-demand library, tapping Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Sony […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Garfield Movie producer Alcon Media Group wants Parrot Analytics to inform its IP strategy following its acquisition of 108 Village Roadshow Entertainment Group feature films. The companies have struck a strategic agreement that […]

EXCLUSIVE: Park Min-Kyu, star of Netflix reality show Single’s Inferno, is making his acting debut in FlareFlow microdrama One Year Love. He will appear opposite Nicole Lee (Amoeba) and Regina Tan in the Singapore-filmed series, […]

EXCLUSIVE: UK microdrama producer Onset Octopus is claiming to the first British producer to independently finance and make a vertical video series for international distribution. Cowboy Before Dark is the studio’s latest production, following a […]

EXCLUSIVE: Birdman co-writer Armando Bo has teamed with tech investor Ariel Arrieta and Latin American streaming pioneer Tomás Escobar to create what the trio say is Latin America’s first vertical series platform. The launch of […]

EXCLUSIVE: Damian Abraham, frontman of punk band F*cked Up, and former CBC producer Zach Feldberg have launched Cut & Paste Pictures out of Toronto, Canada. The company has been quietly operating since last year and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Blink49 Studios is expanding its brand studio business with a pair of hires. Elizabeth Firth has been named Senior VP, Partnerships & Commercial Strategy, based out of New York, while Melissa Lacks becomes Senior […]

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but […]

The first Asian Eurovision Song Contest has been confirmed, and the bright lights and steamy surroundings of Thailand’s capital Bangkok will host. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and live-events producer Voxovation have teamed with S2O […]

EXCLUSIVE: John Kim has joined Hunter Page-Lochard and Kate Stewart in Australian TV drama Fortitude Valley. The Cruel Intentions actor, who is set to star in 2027 pic Voltron, will play Gavin Chang, a Detective […]

Saturday Night Live UK named ‘The Burbs actor Jack Whitehall as host of the British sketch show’s fourth episode. He will lead the cast at 10pm local time on April 11 before the show takes […]

Crime 101 author Don Winslow has hit out at Project Hail Mary novellist Andy Weir over his comments about modern Star Trek shows. Weir made a series of statements about Paramount‘s handling of the Star […]

Scoopio! Harry Potter waved his magic wand on Wednesday and became the talk of the industry, while Deadline headed to France for the influential Series Mania Forum. Jesse Whittock here taking you through a hugely significant […]

EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s Movistar Plus+ is the latest to buy Jack Thorne’s buzzy drama Lord of the Flies, as part of a six-title deal with Sony Pictures Television. Also included in the agreement are psychological thriller […]

Casey Bloys is once again at the forefront of a pivotal moment in entertainment history. But it’s not the moment he was preparing for a month ago. With Paramount Skydance now acquiring HBO parent Warner […]

Here’s one of the most notable award wins in a minute: Kyrgyzstan drama Red Pants has won the influential Co-Pro Pitching Sessions event at Series Mania. The show, from Studio Oymo and Human Films, will […]

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Entertainment has made its move into microdrama, with a vertical video order in Finland and three others in Iberia. Pubcaster YLE has ordered Survival Sisters, a 20-part mockumentary from Banijay Finland. Each five-minute […]

Sarah Aubrey lifted the cauldron lid on the Harry Potter TV series today, saying it is represents “a financial investment that normally you wouldn’t make with a television show.” Aubrey, who is Head of Original […]

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a new name up in lights – Broadway Bound: The Search For Broadway’s Next Star. Evan McGill is behind the TV format, in which musical theater performers compete for a career-launching prize of […]

The 2026 Rockie Awards nominations have been revealed, with 45 countries represented. The Banff World Media Festival has announced Allana Harkin (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee), will present the awards, which take place in Banff, […]

Amazon MX Player has launched a microdrama service, as a new report predicts huge growth for vertical video in India. Fatafat will be a mobile-first platform offering serialized vertical videos for free, marking the latest […]

EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal star Karine Vanasse has boarded Death of a Diplomat, the Series Mania-bound thriller series from Eliza Reid, the former First Lady of Iceland. Canadian streamer Crave and Iceland’s Síminn have both acquired local […]

Keeping in tradition with its American progenitor, the first ever Saturday Night Live UK began with a political send-up cold open. A sketch featuring a cowering Keir Starmer played by cast member George Fouracres saw […]

EXCLUSIVE: Don Cheadle is joining the production crew of doc series Vs. Goliath. The Ocean’s Eleven, Iron Man 2 and Hotel Rwanda actor has become an exec producer on the show alongside The Solutions Project, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago P.D. and The Unit actor Yuri Rutman has signed with international agency Dry Blue. The actor, producer and director will be represented by Rebecka Johnston out of Dry Blue’s new office in Budapest, […]

Chuck Norris, who turned a talent and expertise in the martial arts into a hugely successful Hollywood career that including his long-running signature series Walker, Texas Ranger, died Thursday. He was 86. His death was […]

Netflix‘s latest original series out of Canada is an adaptation of Carley Fortune‘s bestseller This Summer Will Be Different. Shooting on the ten-part show will take place on Prince Edward Island and in Toronto, with […]

Prime Video India today unveiled a massive slate of original TV shows, feature films and licensed content, as leading international execs at the streamer outlined ambitions commensurate to the content. You can read about the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Herbert L. Kloiber’s Night Train Media has sold its stakes in Curve Media, BossaNova Media and Eccho Rights to Germany’s Serafin Group, we can reveal. Serafin is now the main shareholder in the three […]

EXCLUSIVE: Fred Rogers‘ unique brand of compassionate kids TV is coming to YouTube. Fred Rogers Productions and Little Dot Studios have teamed to bring Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood to a dedicated YouTube channel – the first […]

Adolescence was the big winner at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards this evening in the UK. The Netflix limited series about a teenage boy arrested on suspicion of murdering a female classmate won five categories, […]

We’re just days out from the launch of SNL UK, and hype’s building in the UK. At a Sky event in London this evening, the show’s lead producer (read showrunner) James Longman was effusive in […]

Lord of the Flies is coming to Netflix on May 4. As we revealed last month, the streamer bagged U.S. rights to the Jack Thorne-penned series from Sony Pictures Television, beating off competition from a […]

EXCLUSIVE: Microdrama producer SWZZ Media has hired Nathalie Sar-Shalom, as the company scales its L.A. production operation. Sar-Shalom has joined as a producer after several years freelancing for the likes of Wicked Lovely Films & […]

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but […]